Lantern



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LANTERN.

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CHARLES-XV. COLONY, OF SANDY CREEK, NE\V YORK.

LANTERN,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,988, dated April 26 1887.

Application filed December 524, 1886. Serial No. 222,457. (X0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES \V. COLONY, of Sandy Creek, in the county of Oswego, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lanterns,of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in novel, simple, convenient, and effective devices attached to a lantern for the purpose of confining the globe and cap in their normal positions and adapted to support said parts in a raised position above the base or lamp when desired to obtain access to said lamp, and also capable of raising the cap from the globe to liberate the latter when desired to remove the same from the lantern, all as hereinafter more fully described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is afront elevation of a lantern embodying my improvements, shown in its normal condition in full lines and with the globe raised to afford access to the lamp, shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an elevation of said lantern, showing the parts in position for removing the globe from thelantern, and Fig. 3; is an enlarged detached perspective view of my invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the lamp, base of the lantern.

B is the usual perforated disk, which is supported on the lamp and in turn supports the globe D.

T T denote the usual air-conducting tubes, which rise from opposite sides of the lamp and are united some distance above the globe, where they are intersected by a verticallydownward-projeeting branch tube, U, which terminates a short distance above the globe, and is open at its lower end to receive heated air, which is conducted to the lamp to supply the flame with heated oxygen.

0 denotes the cap, which is removably seated on top of the globe and slides vertically on the branch tube U, in the usual manner. On each of the tubes T T, which constitute rigid parts of the lantern-frame, I hinge a vertically-oscillatory link, Z, in such a manner as to cause it to embrace the tube and thus become steadied in its movement. The two links have their which constitutes the oscillatory ends betweu the tubes '1 T and globe D and arranged toward each other, and are each formed with a loop, 6, at the center of the oscillatory end and with eyes, a a, back of the loop. The disk or globe support B is connected with the two links Z Z by linksb I), which may be-either attached direct to the support 13 or to intervening arms or projections, a a, on said support, as shown. 'Thelinks b b are coupled to the links Z Z by the end cross-bars ot' the links I) b passing through the eyes a n, said cross-bars being thus extended across the necks of the loops 6 e and forming elongated eyes of said loops.

To the sides of the cap 0, directly above the oscillatory ends of the links Z Z, I rigidly attach pendent spring-rods r r, the lower extremities of which pass through the loops or eyes e e on the links Z Z, and are formed with hooks or offsets h h, by which they are adapted to interlock with the aforesaid eyes at the sides toward the hinged ends of the links.

Below the offsets hthe rodsr are bent slightly toward the globe D, for the purpose hereinafter explained, and the ends of the rods are bent toward the front of the lantern and lie between the couplinglinks b b and the globe, said forward-projecting ends of the rods serving as handles a for manipulating the rods and also as stops for the movement of the rods 1' 1', as will be hereinafter presently described.

The operation of my invention is as follows: When the lantern is in its normal condition-- 2'. e., the globe seated upon its support 13 and the latter upon the lamp, and the cap 0 upon the globe, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings the oscillatory ends of the linksZ Zare depressed and inclined toward the lamp, and the springrods 1' r, being normally inclined outward or toward the tubes T T by rods, causes the hooks or offsets h h of said rods to interlock with the eyese e of the links Z Z. The outward pressure of the spring-rods on the inclined links partially locks said links in their positions, so as to cause them to resist to a certain degree an upward strain on their oscillatory ends, and thus hold the cap on the globe by the engagement of the springrods with the eyes of thelinks, asbefore stated. To the top of the cap 0 is attached a handle, it, by which to either raise the cap with the globe to afford access to the lamp, as shown by the elasticity of said too 2 5 h from their engagement.

dotted lines in Fig. l of the drawings, or raise the cap from the globe, as represented in Fig. 2 of the drawings, when desired to liberate and remove the globe from the lantern. To raise 5 the globe from its support B, the handle isto be pushed up, thereby lifting the cap 0, and with it the globe-support B, by the rods W, interlocked with the links Z Z. As the links swing above a horizontal position,the outward IO pressure of the spring-rods r1" serves to retain the links in their raised position, and thus the globe is supported at an elevation above the lamp, as represented by dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings. \Vhen the links are I 5 in their aforesaid raised position,the eyes eof the links bind on the rods 1" r and retain the hooks h in their engagement with the said eyes. The globe is lowered to rest upon its support by simply pushing down the handle t. To

20 raise the cap 0 from the globe it is necessary to crowd the rods r 1- toward the globe, the eyes 6 e of the links Z Z being sufficiently elongated to allow the aforesaid rods to move the requisite distance to withdraw the hooks h This allows the rods M to slide upward in the eyes 6 e, the collision ofthe handles 1; v with the aforesaid eyes serving to arrest the aforesaid movement of the rods at the proper time. WVhen in the aforesaid position, theincliued end portions, 1',

of the rods below the hooks thereof press against the sides of the eyes 6 e, and by such bearings the rods are enabled to sustain the cap in its raised position.

The cap is readily replaced on the globe by pushing down the handle t, the rods 9' 1- being sufficiently elastic to yield laterally tothe bearings on the sides of the eyes e e and to slide down in said eyes, and by the time the 0 cap is brought to its scat iipou the globe the hooks or offsets h h are brought under the eyes 6 e and allowed to spring outward into engage,

ment, with said eyes, as shown by full lines in Fig. l of the drawings. If desired to more securely hold the links in their lowered and raised positions, spring-arms may be used 1'11 lieu of the links I) b, said spring-arms to be attached to the globe-support B and connected with the links Z Z by pins passing through the spring arms and through eyes in the links.

Having described my inventiomwhatlclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with the lantern-frame,

globe-support, and movable cap, verticallymovable links pivoted on said frame, couplings connecting the globe-support with the links, and spring-rods secured to the cap and having their extremities sliding in the aforeo said links, and provided with coupling-hooks adapted to interlock with the links for locking the globe between its support and the cap, and

having, also, bearings adapted to engage the links and sustain the cap raised from the globe, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with the lantern-frame, globe-support, and movable cap, links hinged on said frame at opposite sides of the globe and arranged with their oscillatory ends toward each other, and pendent spring-rods attached to the cap at the sides directly over the links and having their lower extremities connected with said links and normally inclined outward, thereby confining the links in both their depressed and raised positions, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination with the base A, globe-v support B, tubes T T, and movable cap 0, the links Z Z, hinged on the tubes and formed with eyes 6, the couplings a 1), connecting the support B with the links, and the spring-rods r1, attached to the cap 0 and having their lower extremities extending through the eyes 6 e and formed with the hooks h and bearings z, substantially as described and shown.

4. In combination with the base A, globesupport 13, tubes T T, and movable cap 0, the links Z, hinged to swing vertically on the said tubes and formed with theloops e, the couplinglinks I), connected with the links Z and having a bar extending across the neck of the aforesaid loop, and the spring-rods r, attached to the cap and having their lower extremities extending through the loops 6 and formed with the hooks h and bearings i, substantially as described and shown.

5. In combination with the base A, globesupport B, tubes T T, and movable cap 0, the links Z Z, hinged on said tubes to swing vertically thereon and embracing the same, and formed with the loops 6 and eyes it a back of said loops, the links I), connected at one end with the globesupport and having the opposite end ext-ending through the eyes a n, and the spring-rods r 1, attached to the cap and having their lower extremities normally inclined outward and extending through the loops 6 e and formed with the offsets or hooks h h and bearings 2' 2', said loops being of a size to allow thespring-rods r r to be moved laterally to throw the hooks thereof out of engagement with the links Z Z when in a depressed position and to hold said hooks in their engagement with the links when in an elevated position, substantially as set forth and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 20th day of December, 1886.

CHARLES 3V. COLON Y. [L. s.]

\Vitnesses:v

H. P. Dawson, 0. H. DUELL.

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